[Elecraft] K3 and whats next from Elecraft

[Fred Jensen]

S-Meter readings have exactly NOTHING to do with dynamic range, Scott. 
This was a discussion, semi-pertinent to Elecraft radios, and that I 
offered to take off list and now will.  I asked for education about 
SDR's that sampled at the antenna connector vs those, like the K3, that 
sampled after some superhet and filter magic, and honestly, I'm 
learning.  There are a lot of really smart and knowledgeable folks on 
this list if you just ask questions.

I made an assumption, for the discussion, that my K3 S-meter was linear 
[in terms of dB which of course we all know is actually logarithmic]. 
It was an assumption for the purpose of the discussion, nothing more, to 
set up the real question I had, and for which I have since gotten a 
really sensible answer.  It might help if folks read the entire thread, 
S-meter readings had almost nothing to do with it.

I have no idea if my K3 S-meter is accurate above or below S9 and I 
don't care, I set it there for 50uV=S9.  The rest was an assumption for 
the discussion.  And thanks to those who helped me understand a bit more 
of this.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
- www.cqp.org
On 8/21/2013 4:53 PM, Scott Manthe wrote:
> Since when does the S-meter have anything to do with dynamic range? My
> old Kenwood TS-2000 had a pretty tight S-meter, but that didn't help
> its, um, pedestrian (to be kind) dynamic range numbers.